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Earthwork artist Robert Smithson's 1968 essay  'Sedimentations of the Mind' inspires many of my works incorporating the concept of entropy-or the spiraling process of things falling apart and the way our culture continues to layer refuse. Conversely, as an environmental artist, my new work explores a theme of regeneration; or how we might reverse the energy in an entropic situation into one of renewal or sustainable growth. The meaning of this multi-media work is not embodied solely by the objects, but by the concept to improve and care for our ecologies, as well as begin a dialogue between the work and the viewing public.

My work conceptualizes concern of the current dangers of water-from the local to the global. We are drawn to its danger and of great necessity to sustain our lives. We are seduced by waters' beauty; mesmerized by its' power or soothing meditative qualities. Faced with environmental uncertainties, we need to rethink assumptions concerning conditions within reach of and beyond our own experiences. It's necessary to remember the limits of the give and take system between this  

                                                planet and its inhabitants--

                                                that what we do upstream effects downstream.